Drag racer BERNARD NEWBURY took the plunge to build his dream model railway when he retired modelling a Great Western Railway main line station in 'OO' gauge and set in the 1940s. Mike Wild meets Bernard to discover the story of his layout with a full feature and exclusive KeyModelWorld only video. Photography, Mike Wild.
Gauge: 'OO', 16mm Scale: 4mm: 1ft Size: 31ft x 10ft Region: Western Period: 1945-1950 Control: DCC, Digitrax
Above: The junction at the centre of the layout provides access into and out of the goods yard as well as the bay and parcels platforms. GWR ‘72XX’ 2-8-2T 7233 draws a rake of loaded coal wagons out of the yard.
IF YOU WANTED a brand new canvas hood for your Rolls Royce, a one off custom interior for your camper or a simple set of seat covers, Bernard Newbury Interiors was the place to go, but he also had a tremendous passion for drag racing and built one of the fastest floorpan Beetles – named Stitch Up – which hit the headlines for its incredible quarter mile times. Bernard’s pursuit of speed put his car across the finishing line at more than 143mph in just over eight seconds from a standing start in a quarter of a mile.
What has that got to do with model railways? The eye for detail and pursuit of pe…
